Let's applaud his honest success from TRAINING (by his admission), having experience, capital, relationships &  opportunity.To push anything less, is less than honest. 

For newbies who want to learn the fundamentals of RE investing, Cinci REIA has a program called Express Success which is great - it's a course but also includes admission to a year's worth of detailed workshops. 

Sorry for the essay, I stay up at nights looking at different ways to build, and saving money. 

And that's what other loans from my account consist of.Just as an aside, please be aware that your SIDRA custodian will want to see some sort of admission of default or other documentation to the effect that you won't get paid back. 

However, I think the bigger picture is that you have an inherited tenant living in a home that needs considerable improvements, by your own admission.

It was a 2 for 1 admission so a friend and I split this and paid $150 each.Unfortunately it has been nothing but dangling a carrot; the speaker has reviewed a handful of useful facts and tidbits but not actual education on how to use them and instead says “wouldn’t it be great if you had someone LIKE A COACH to make sure you were doing this correctly?”

In many places, working as a unlicensed tradesman is admissible (ie. a homeowner replacing their sump pump)but advertising your services is punishable by a fine or imprisonment.

The included free takeaways from basic investor distributions and syndications , to more complex waterfall models — the proprietary spreadsheets are worth the admission price alone. https://go.theriversideexperience.com/monsey-multifamily-program?

This is what I am noticing as well.They have shell bidding they bid on behalf of the lender from their own admission.

At Halloween, you could charge admission :)Who you gonna call?